Shot in sports video games, the film "A World At Stake" turns the ordering principles of victory and defeat upside down and negotiates social roles between individual sovereignty and collective passivity. In the face of catastrophe, a feeling of political powerlessness remains.
Nothing less than the world is at stake.
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Susanna FlockTotal Refusal, a media guerrilla collective of artists, researchers, and filmmakers, upcycles mainstream video games to create political narratives through videos, interventions, performances, and lectures. Their works have screened at 250+ festivals, including Berlinale and Locarno. They’ve earned 50+ awards, including Locarno’s Best Short Direction and Best Short Film at the European Film Awards
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Adrian Jonas HaimTotal Refusal, a media guerrilla collective of artists, researchers, and filmmakers, upcycles mainstream video games to create political narratives through videos, interventions, performances, and lectures. Their works have screened at 250+ festivals, including Berlinale and Locarno. They’ve earned 50+ awards, including Locarno’s Best Short Direction and Best Short Film at the European Film Awards
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Jona KleinleinTotal Refusal, a media guerrilla collective of artists, researchers, and filmmakers, upcycles mainstream video games to create political narratives through videos, interventions, performances, and lectures. Their works have screened at 250+ festivals, including Berlinale and Locarno. They’ve earned 50+ awards, including Locarno’s Best Short Direction and Best Short Film at the European Film Awards